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Minecraft Creator Likes My Little Pony, But Not Like That
Len Peralta just has a way of bringing out the pony fan in today’s most respected video game developers. After outing Valve’s Gabe Newell as a certified brony, Minecraft‘s Markus “Notch” Persson admits his My Little Pony Admiration on the latest Geek a Week podcast. Now Notch wouldn’t call himself a brony per se, but…
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UncategorizedFrom Space Combat to Build-and-Battle in a Single Starhawk Mission
How does Starhawk for the PlayStation 3 seamlessly transition between twitchy spaceship shooter to strategic ground-based build-and-battle gameplay? Lightbox Interactive’s Dylan Jobe talks us through an entire single-player mission. I might need to hire a friend to help me play Starhawk. When it comes to space sims, I am at the top of my game,…
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UncategorizedNintendo’s Bringing New Wii U Pikmin and Mario to E3 [Update]
With Nintendo expected to make a big push with its next generation hardware at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in June, legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto tells Spanish publication El Mundo that his plumber pal and plant lackeys will be there in full force. Fans anxiously awaiting a new entry Miyamoto’s quirky strategy series Pikmin look…
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ReviewsMcGangBang: The Snacktaku Review
You think you know the McDonald’s menu? You keep abreast of the changes, the limited-edition items, the seasonal fare. You’re pretty well-informed, sure, but did you know about McDonald’s secret menu, on which the dreaded McGangBang lives? Open your eyes, snackster! There is more to eating complete crap than lining up in a queue and…
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UncategorizedGreat Moments in Video Game Humor: Who’s John Muir?
Who’s John Muir? Do you really want to know? I could tell you, or a bunch of stuffed and mounted animal heads from the title that proved a video game based on a comic book could surpass its source material can. Hit it, Sam and Max! Steve Purcell’s Sam and Max: Freelance Police was a…
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UncategorizedThe Ultimate Video Game Accessory: The Mustache Monocle
The fancy mustache is the primary weapon in our war against those that would dismiss gaming as a barbaric hobby practiced only by children and immature adult-types, but not everyone can sport a fancy mustache, can they? The Mustache Monocle says yes they can. Hewn from the same trees that once were harvested for paper…
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